Platytes vobisne is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1920. It has been recorded from the US states of Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The habitat consists of grasslands.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Platytes Moth being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Platytes
- Species
- Platytes vobisne
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